Sensis has won a three-year $131 million contract from FAA to install runway status lights (RWSL) at 22 major US airports.

Two optional one-year extensions of the contract for additional airport installations could bring the deal’s total value to $215 million.

RWSL takes cues from Sensis’ Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X (ASDE-X) surface surveillance system to determine when a runway is occupied. Pilots are alerted not to cross or enter a runway by red lights embedded in runway ends and intersecting taxiways.

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Already operational at 13 airports, FAA has committed to installing AS

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